Those of you that have known me for a few years probably have figured out that I have an obsession with "freak" deer... I love the odd ones more than the "big" ones. Anywho, I have always wanted to shoot an all white deer. I refrain from calling them "Albino's" because most of them in my area are really "white phase" deer. I have been watching one all white doe in a public marsh for a few years and have been hunting it for 2 years since they opened the season for all white deer within the CWD area. Its amazing to me that a deer that stands out as "Snow white" can survive two seasons of hunting pressure in the public marsh. Shows you just how elusive they really are... Last tuesday, I set up my stand in an oak tree less than 100 yards from a bedding area i had seen her use in the past. It was a very remote spot that takes nearly an hour to walk (or should I say swim) to in daylight... 1 hour on the stand and I was already being entertained by several deer close to my stand eating acorns when I looked up and saw her heading my way. Her ghost white appearance was breath taking and I felt my heart race as if it were a 200 inch buck... I turned to fire up my video camera and a noise caught "Snow Whites" attention. She did not know where it came from, so she continued, but now a little more cautious. I tried again to get to the camera and she locked onto me with eye contact. It was either shoot her or film her running away so I eased the LoBo back and just as I squeezed the trigger she bolted. I was sure she moved just before the arrow released and was unsure of the hit, if I hit her at all... I watched her as she trotted off looking like she was not hit... I got down and looked. No arrow, and no blood. So I walked about 10 yards up the trail and saw there was good blood, then I saw my lit knock blinking on 1/2 my arrow shaft... I backed out and recruited help. We found Snow White less than 100 yards from the tree. What a sight to walk up on. I got lucky with the hit. She had moved as I shot, but the arrow caught her in the main artery in her neck and exited between her front legs. The 2 year pursuit was done...
AWESOME! Great Story... what kind of mount, are you going to do with her? She's beautiful, Congratulations.
Congratulations Mr. Infalt. You deserved to get that one for sure. (By the way, nice new look "Hollywood".):D
Gorgeous albino, congratulations. What a rare and beautiful trophy and it sounds very well deserved. Several years ago I exclusively hunted a 2.5 year old piebald doe. The first time I spotted her I thought it was someone's dog but when she was running with some other deer I realized. It was that day I set my goal and I saw her 5 times and like you mentioned, it was amazing how she would materialize out of no where with all that white on her. It seems she was always, "bam" just there and most times, already 50 yards away. I never saw her after that season nor heard of her demise. Congratulations again.
quite an acomplishment to get the deer you were hunting for not just shoot one by chance, escpecially one so rare.
Not in his area of Wi. hes in a CWD Zone therefore hes allowed to harvest any Albino deer that is located within a CWD Zone. But the deer can not leave the zone until tested, inspected, and processed if I am correct. If someone from a CWD zone can correct me if im wrong on this....
